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{{Infobox temple<br />
| name = Tiruchenkattankudi Uthirapasupatheeswarar Temple<br />
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| country = {{Flag|India}}<br />
| state = [[Tamil Nadu]]<br />
| district = [[Tiruvarur]]<br />
| location = Tiruchengattankudi in [[Tiruvarur district]]<br />
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| deity = Lord [[Shiva]]<br />
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[[File:Tiruchhengattangudiutrapatisvarartemple1.jpg|thumb|Rajagopura]]<br />
'''Tiruchenkattankudi Uthirapasupatheeswarar Temple'''<ref name="dinamalar"><br />
{{Cite web<br />
|url= http://temple.dinamalar.com/en/new_en.php?id=339<br />
|title= Sri Uthirapasupatheeswarar Ganapatheeswarar temple<br />
|work=Dinamalar temples<br />
|accessdate=12 August 2015<br />
}}</ref><br />
( {{lang-ta| திருச்செங்காட்டங்குடி உத்தராபதீசுவரர் கோயில்}})<ref name="ta.wikipedia.org">[[:ta: திருச்செங்காட்டங்குடி உத்தராபதீசுவரர் கோயில்]]</ref> is a [[Hindu temple]] located at Tiruchengattankudi in [[Tiruvarur district]], [[Tamil Nadu]], [[India]].<ref>[http://www.shivatemples.com/sofc/sc079.php Ganapatheeswarar Temple, Tiruchengattankudi].</ref> The historical name of the place is Ganapatheesaram.The temple is dedicated to [[Shiva]], as the [[moolavar]] presiding deity, in his manifestation as Uthirapasupatheeswarar. His consort, [[Parvati]], is known as Vaaitha Tirukuzhal Umai Nayaki.<ref name="dm">{{cite web|url=http://temple.dinamalar.com/en/new_en.php?id=339 |title= Sri Uthirapasupatheeswarar Ganapatheeswarar temple<br />
|publisher=temple.dinamalar.com|accessdate=12 August 2015}}</ref><br />
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== Significance ==<br />
It is one of the shrines of the 275 [[Paadal Petra Sthalam]]s - [[Shiva Temples of Tamil Nadu#Sthalams|Shiva Sthalams]] glorified in the early medieval ''[[Tevaram]]'' poems by Tamil Saivite [[Nayanars]] [[Tirugnanasambandar]] and [[Tirunavukkarasar]].<ref name="dm"/><br />
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== Literary mention ==<br />
Tirunavukkarasar describes the feature of the deity as:<ref>Tirunavukkarasar Tevaram, I:61:5</ref><br />
{{cquote|பாலினால் நறுநெய்யாற் பழத்தினாற் பயின்றாட்டி<br><br />
நூலினான் மணமாலை கொணர்ந்தடியார் புரிந்தேத்தச்<br><br />
சேலினார் வயல்புடைசூழ் செங்காட்டங் குடியதனுள்<br><br />
காலினாற் கூற்றுதைத்தான் கணபதீச் சரத்தானே.}}<br />
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== References ==<br />
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== External links ==<br />
* {{cite web|title= Sri Uthirapasupatheeswarar Ganapatheeswarar temple<br />
|url= http://temple.dinamalar.com/en/new_en.php?id=339 |publisher =[[Dinamalar]]}}<br />
* {{cite web|title= Ganapatheeswarar Temple, Tiruchengattankudi<br />
|url= http://www.shivatemples.com/sofc/sc079.php |publisher=Shiva Temples of Tamil Nadu, Paadal Petra Sivasthalangal}}<br />
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==Gallery==<br />
<gallery class="center"><br />
File:Tiruchhengattangudiutrapatisvarartemple2.jpg|Entrance<br />
File:Tiruchhengattangudiutrapatisvarartemple3.jpg|Vimana of the presiding deity<br />
File:Tiruchhengattangudiutrapatisvarartemple4.jpg|Vimana of the Goddess<br />
</gallery><br />
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[[Category:Shiva temples in Tiruvarur district]]<br />
[[Category:Padal Petra Stalam]]</div>
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